People v. Cress

Defendant, who in 1985 was convicted of first-degree felony murder, MCL 750.316, appeals by leave granted from the trial court’s order denying his motion for a new trial. We reverse and remand.

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The victim in this case is Patricia Rosansky, a seventeen-year-old girl who was murdered in early 1983. To summarize the voluminous record generated during defendant’s twenty-six-day jury trial, we reprint the following portion of this Court’s 1988 opinion affirming defendant’s conviction for Rosansky’s murder:

The body of the victim ... was found in a wooded ravine, covered with brush on April 6, 1983,…